Main Course: Baked Capsicum

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Baking time: 15 mins.
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

5 Small sized capsicums.
Potato 3 medium sized.
Cottage cheese (paneer) or tofu 2inch cube.
Onion 1 medium.
1 green chilli
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon.
Garam masala 1 teaspoon
Channa masala 1 teaspoon
Black Pepper powder 0.5 teaspoon

Coriander seed powder 1 teaspoon
Oil for cooking
Salt to taste

For garnishing:
Pizza Cheese grated 2 table spoons (optional)
Bunch of coriander leaves

1. Boil the potatoes, remove there skin (prefer to have them with skin as most of the nutrients are in the skin only) and mash them.
2. Mash in cottage cheese as well.
3. Cut onion and green chillies into small pieces.
4. Take a wok and put in 2 teaspoon oil (This may vary depending upon the type of vessel you use for cooking. I use non stick). Once it has heated up add cumin seeds and saute them until they start releasing there flavor.
5. Add onion and saute on medium heat until onions are golden brown.
6. Add mashed potato and paneer mixture and also add the green chillies.
7. Mix it well for a minute or two.
8. Add garam masala, channa masala, pepper powder and salt. Allow it to cook on medium flame for a couple of minutes. Cover it and switch off the flame.
9. Take the capsicum and remove its stem. Make a small hole at the top and scoop out all the seeds.
10. In a vessel, take enough water to soak the capsicum, add a pinch of salt and boil it for 5-8 mins, until the capsicum is tender.
11. Strain the boiled capsicum and apply some oil on its inner and outer surface.
12. Fill in the potato mixture that we had prepared earlier. Garnish with cheese.
13. Preheat a oven to 240 deg C.
14. Keep the capsicum on a baking tray and bake for 10-15 mins.
15. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Tips:
1. If you are not able to find small capsicum , you can take big ones and cut them from middle to make 2 pieces.
2. You can also replace capsicum with brinjal.
3. The water that you used to boil the capsicum, can be used to make dough for bread/chapati or to cook rice. Remember, boiling will take out lots of nutrients off the vegetable and throwing that water down the drain is going to waste these nutrients.